Henry Latimer (senator)

Henry Latimer (24 April 1752-19 December 1819) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Delaware's at-large district from 14 February 1794 to 7 February 1795, interrupting John Patten's terms, and a US Senator from 7 February 1795 to 28 February 1801, succeeding George Read and preceding Samuel White. He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
Henry Latimer was born in Newport, Delaware in 1752, and he served as a medic for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War; he was presnet at the Battle of Brandywine in 1777. In 1784, Latimer was elected to the Continental Congress, and he served in the House of Assembly from 1787 to 1788 and from 1790 to 1791. In 1794, he was elected to the US House of Representatives, but he resigned in order to take the US Senate seat of the retired George Read, serving until 1801. He died in 1819.